Darfur Crisis: Platforms, Partners and Peace Agreements - The Pending Question: What Are the Reasons Behind the Failure?

Anwar Yousif Atta Al-Mannan

doi:10.7176/jep/10-30-03

Abstract

This paper focused on the Darfur issue and discussed the reasons behind the repeated failure to achieve sustainable peace despite the many agreements, declarations of principles and platforms.The paper touched on the historical background of the agreements signed between the government and the armed movements, and the movements that splintered from the main movements, where the result has always been the collapse of the agreements.The historical approach is followed in this paper, as the most appropriate for this type of research work. The paper also adopted the questionnaire as a means of obtaining the initial information directly from the research community.The results of the analysis and their indicators were discussed, coupled with the historical background of the conflicts in Darfur and the reasons for the failure of previous agreements.The researcher has come up with a set of initial perceptions, through which a public debate on the Darfur crisis and the prospects for a sustainable solution can be initiated in a way that avoids repetition of past experiences, which have adopted traditional solutions, despite its inability to put an end to chronic historical tribal conflicts in Darfur. DOI : 10.7176/JEP/10-30-03 Publication date :October 31 st 2019

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Darfur has a specificity based on historical and geographical data as well as the social and cultural environment
Definition of main concepts The Janjaweed: The Janjaweed are a militia that operate in western Sudan and eastern Chad
Using the United Nations definition,( the Janjaweed comprised Sudanese Arab tribes, the core of whom are from the Abbala background with significant recruitment from the Baggara people) (1)

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Darfur has a specificity based on historical and geographical data as well as the social and cultural environment. Darfur is home to more than 60 tribal group who speak more than 80 local languages and dialects and are a diverse mix of Arab and African tribes They are extremely intolerant of race and tribe and are the most ethnically cohesive in Sudan. This has been reflected in the many tribal conflicts and their ongoing resolution projects, which have been transformed into tools and systems supported by deep-rooted customs and traditions, derived from positive cultural and social cohesion, leading to the prevalence of Islamic and local values, customs and traditions, which have always been a true reference for behavior, conflict resolution and discipline at the individual and community level.

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